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Glad you liked it Henders, You made 19.5 L ( 4.3 uk gall instead of five it seems), Your OG should have been 1049. If we are talking the 3k kit,from the thread?

Hey mate, you didnt jump in on MyQui for what he said, so why me? Are you inferring that I am wrong? If so, then YOU give explanations OK?

40 pints is nearly 23 Litres mate. 3K of LME dose not make 4.5% even with the priming sugar. See my post.

Ok, Google your way to The Ultimate Beer Yeast List its from Beer CraftR. Let me know what you think? Cheers.

So, you dont go for the fact that the commercial brewers used the same yeast over and over, this then produced the 'house character' of the brew. Thus if you take a neutral type dried yeast, re use it , collected from one of your bottles, and if doing the same brew then over time,the...

Fair enough. Do you know why Safale S-04 yeast is recommended for stouts?

Hi, Have you never read that yeasts take on the character of the beer that's made?

As I say, the yeast takes on the character of the beer you make, so if you make a good brew, then use the yeast out of one of the bottles for your next brew of the same. Yes, ? Cheers.

Yes, I already told someone else on here re the same thing, and Girvin 12 as well. Cheers.

Ok Guys, Hear the real, why n wherefores. Muntons 3k kits are notorious for sticking at 1020, after 7 days, So, 1. dont use their yeast. 2, Use Nottingham yeast. I used 1 of their cans in a test, 8 days at 75 deg F, this summer in 11 litres. day 5 i put in 20 gm of target hops. Day 8 I racked...

I had been paying over £4.00 for my Notty.

Always remember, yeast takes on the character of the brew. In your instance its your brew, so save your good brews,- a beer bottle of it. Get the idea? Girvin GV12 , Is Wilco yeast, is NOTTY! buy 3 packs of Wilco for the price of one Notty.

OK Guys, Here it is , Danstar Lallemand Nottingham Yeast, Is the best dried yeast that money can buy. For Three reasons Best Attenuation, best flocculation. And the attenuation happens to be 80% plus!! One fifth gravity pale ales and other beers, are the best beers to make IMHO . Notty...

On the Aroma side of things, I have read in articles from people who know, that very little bitterness comes from a 5/10 min boil, its done for aroma only, any more than this and the aroma is lost. You will get bitterness from the 20 min flavour boil, just how much will depend upon the AAU value...

Hop boil , usually 90 mins, but most done in 60 mins, just add 10% extra hop. Flavour is in the middle bit boil 15 to 20 mins, Aroma boil ,- I do mine when i know that there is only 3 days left to go of it being in the FV. I dont leave it lying on the hops for more than 3 days max, no need...

Mash Temps,- THREE GROUPS. 146- 148, for mild ale, at Ph 4.8 -5.0 149- 151, for bitter beer Ph 5.1 - 5.3 152- 154 for pale ales Ph 5.4 - 5.6 The lower the Ph...

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